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Metro family comes back from vacation to find house broken into, items stolen

Metro family comes back from vacation to find house broken into, items stolen

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Updated: 5:20 PM CST Dec 9, 2016

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WEBVTT
134TH AND PENN.
KOCO'S JONATHAN COOPER THERE
NOW.
JONATHAN: THAT MAN TELLS ME THEY
HE THINKS THE THIEVES KNEW THEY
WERE ON VACATION AND TARGETE
THEM BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY
WOULD NOT BE HOME.
HE SAYS THEY STOLE ABOUT $10,000
WORTH OF STUFF.
A DOOR KICKED IN AND A HOME
RUMMAGED THROUGH.
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA CITY CATCH
THESE BOLD THIEVES BURGLARIZING
MATT ECHOL'S HOME WHILE HIS
FAMILY IS ON VACATION.
>> SOMETHING SOMEWHERE CAUSED
SOMEBODY TO WANT TO TARGET OUR
HOME.
JONATHAN: ECHOLS SAYS IT
HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
WHILE THE FAMILY WAS THOUSANDS
OF MILES AWAY THESE THREE TEENS
, BROKE IN AND FOUND A WAY TO
DISABLE THE SECURITY ALARM.
ECHOLS SAYS THEY THEN WENT
THROUGH EACH ROOM STEALING
PURSES, CASH AND A PLAYSTATION.
FLEX IT WAS JUST RANDOM STUFF.
JONATHAN: ECHOLS HAS NO IDEA WHO
THE SUSPECTS ARE BUT BELIEVES
THE TEENS KNEW THEY WERE ON
VACATION.
PHOTOS POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA
COULD HAVE GIVEN IT AWAY.
JONATHAN: ECHOLS SAYS HE HAS
GONE THROUGH THAT VIDEO CLOSELY.
HE BELIEVES THE SUSPECTS ARE TWO

Metro family comes back from vacation to find house broken into, items stolen